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5/30/2014 7:44PM

Obama vs Clinton: Foreign Policy Showdown

If Hillary Clinton decides to run for president in 2016, her time as Secretary of State will be a major factor. But a look back at her tenure reveals that she was often at odds with President Obama, taking a more hawkish view of world events.

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I ... we don't yet know what that Hillary Clinton to ... run for president twenty sixteen if she does her track record as Secretary of State will likely be a big component of her campaign ... but as Secretary of State ... Tory Clinton seem to differ with present Obama on several major foreign policy positions ... favoring a more hawkish stance ... so where did Clinton and Obama part ways ... you may recall the infamous reset button snafu ... with Secretary Clinton said her Russian counterpart with the literal reset button for U S Russian relations ... except Weber translated reset into Russian got it wrong ... in any case stalling relations with Russia was a major Obama policy goal early on ... according to WSJ reporting in her final weeks the Secretary of State ... Clinton but a private memo to President Obama warning that relations were the low point ... but it to Russia granting Edward Snowden's asylum of people first twenty thirteen before the president signaled that any reset was on hold ... the one to arm the rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria at an early stage in the conflict ... but present Obama pursued a different course he was wary of another messy Middle Eastern conflict ... however when made twenty eight this year Obama announced that the US would start to provide training to moderate rebels ... as protesters Storm Tahrir Square Clinton was wary of the US is supporting position of the popular uprising ... she didn't want to throw U S ally of President Hosni Mubarak under the bus baby and more junior White House aides one ABS and present Obama backs the nascent democratic movement ... Clinton's role as Secretary of State may be her biggest asset should she choose to run in twenty sixteen ... and how she differed with her boss on foreign policy may be a help or hinder its depending on how his legacy take shape ...